سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الأطعمةChapters on Food
بَابُ : الأَكْلِ بِالْيَمِينِChapter: Eating with the right hand
Hadith 3266
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْهِقْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , قَالَ : " لِيَأْكُلْ أَحَدُكُمْ بِيَمِينِهِ ، وَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ ، وَلْيَأْخُذْ بِيَمِينِهِ ، وَلْيُعْطِ بِيَمِينِهِ ، فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ ، وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ ، وَيُعْطِي بِشِمَالِهِ ، وَيَأْخُذُ بِشِمَالِهِ " .
´It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:` “Let one of you eat with his right hand and drink with his right hand, and take with his right hand and give with his right hand, for Satan eats with his left hand, drinks with his left hand, gives with his left hand and takes with his left hand.”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ All those actions which are considered good according to custom (‘urf) or are not naturally disliked, should be performed with the right hand. For other actions, the left hand should be used.
➋ In the hadiths, there is mention of giving importance to the right side in many actions, such as: eating, drinking, taking, giving, ablution (wudu), ritual bath (ghusl), combing the hair, wearing clothes, putting on shoes, cutting or shaving the hair of the head, writing, entering the mosque, coming out of the toilet, etc. And in many other actions, the left side is mentioned, such as: performing istinja (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), entering the toilet, leaving the mosque, removing clothes or shoes, etc.
➌ A believer should avoid those actions which are liked by Shaytan.
➊ All those actions which are considered good according to custom (‘urf) or are not naturally disliked, should be performed with the right hand. For other actions, the left hand should be used.
➋ In the hadiths, there is mention of giving importance to the right side in many actions, such as: eating, drinking, taking, giving, ablution (wudu), ritual bath (ghusl), combing the hair, wearing clothes, putting on shoes, cutting or shaving the hair of the head, writing, entering the mosque, coming out of the toilet, etc. And in many other actions, the left side is mentioned, such as: performing istinja (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), entering the toilet, leaving the mosque, removing clothes or shoes, etc.
➌ A believer should avoid those actions which are liked by Shaytan.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3266
